Leaders are born and not made in factories. A true leader is a driver and an initiator. His way of leading is not by power but by inspiring his fellowmen. A leader plays a vital role in the formation of his subordinates’ life’s goals. True leadership rests in forming allies and not turning people into antagonists. What are great leaders made of? They are made of resilience and strong character. They can never be deterred from their mission. They create drive and a surge amongst people to achieve the vision that they have set for them. They make their employees or fellow workers feel safe in their territory of values. They nurture dreams but not at the cost of others’ happiness. A leader possess a focus of an eagle to achieve and an attitude of a steel to go through the roughness of the path and most importantly an emotional intelligence of a parent to provide a safe surrounding to his employees so that they can flourish in his presence. Ninety percent of big firms of the world are investing in growing their leadership to attain the highest level of job satisfaction. A good and healthy organization is built on sound and able leadership. Leaders don’t do things differently, they inspire people to do things atypically. They dominate by their virtue and they partner with people to attain higher sense of commitment from them. A leader is very humane, but he can be singled out from the crowd by his collaborative ways, his emotional intelligence and his ability to bring the best in the people working for and with him. Leaders do not impose their opinions on others but they seek alternate perspective for a situation and thus imbibing the changing trends in their people and in themselves. To support, collaborate, empathize, inspire and follow a result oriented approach is the essence and pivot of an established leadership in any organization. Leaders can be so powerful that they can influence people from all over the world. Great leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela have not only created a stir among their countrymen but moved the people internationally to align them to the vision which they wanted to establish. Their charisma extents not only to the principles that they harbor but the implementation of those principles in their own life. The thin line of difference between a powerful leader and an autocrat is the liberty of thought he/she gives to his/her followers. An autocrat would work on the power of designation and a leader would work on the power of his thought. To channelize the energies of the fellowmen and mold the different temperaments in one direction is the art of a leader. Leadership is all about growing each day, as a leader has a challenge to prove himself/herself to his followers with each new day. A person cannot declare himself as a leader, he or she has to rise to that level where his persona gives him/her the credit of being the one. A leader exhibits high morale during crisis and sense of accountability and make his people motivated towards the change that follows. An impartial attitude for this fellowmen and ability to say the stark truth in order to show transparency is the onus of a leader , as he / she is not obliged by anybody but is striving for a higher goal. In his journey to achieve the goal he is not entitled to impress anyone or to be a feel-good factor to the team. It does not necessarily mean that a leader has to be arrogant or aggressive towards his co-workers in order to make them motivated, but he has to be subtle in his measures to give the support when he is needed and hold the hands of the team members who are fumbling to reach their targets. A constructive feedback is the essence of an able leadership. A timely intervention to save the ship and a far sighted approach in order to sense the danger much before it arrives are the true colors of a leader and it would not only save him but his team from the shackles of unaccounted circumstances .

Leaders do not talk of themselves but of the team, the goals, the vision and the people. They strive towards the goals of their team and help each team member to attain a sense of fulfillment throughout this process.